Melbourne & Geelong Wedding & Portrait Photographer Robb Duncan

This blog opens the door to my world, my passion, my life. And incase you missed it, my names Robb Duncan - Photographer - Father of 6 - Wearer of Kilts and all round nice guy.( OK, so that last bit might be stretching it a little !!)

Hip to be Square – Disco Style!!

I figured the title might confuse a few of you out there in Blog reading land, which is good, because thats the way I like it. And so, in the spirit of confusion, and to milk the most out of that look on your face as I can, I will tell you a tale.

It’s true, I am a wedding photographer, and getting to meet crazy people who live to be themselves is one of the things I really love about what I do. And I would have to say that Tanya and Angus are certainly that type of people!! I first met with them in Mid May this year, and was pleased to hear that Photography was something that they valued highly as Tanya is a buddy photographer. Ok, so she shoots Nikon… but we can’t all be perfect !!

Anyway, we spent a long time chatting about all sorts of stuff, including their wedding, and they had some cool ideas for their Engagement shoot, ideas that I really liked!!

Now, getting time to organise it all and having everything come together wasn’t easy, especially considering how busy we have been, but it finally happened. I got an email from Tanya confirming the meeting time and location, and a request to have it shot in Square format, yeah thats right… Square !! How cool is that?!!

You might recall a while back that I blogged about how much I love Square format images, so I was more than a little buzzed!! But there is so much more to this tale than that, because you see, Tanya and Angus are Land Rover Discovery owners and enjoy taking the “Disco” off road every chance they get. So an engagement shoot involving a little 4×4 action was certainly on the cards!! But of course, why stop there? Tanya then went to the trouble of getting a replica of her dress made as well !! This was getting better by the minute!!

All I can say is that I LOVE the awesome clients I get to work with !!

So, we met in Yarra Glen at 10am, and headed off into the hills for a little fun and excitement!!

The following slideshow is kinda how the day unfolded.

Captured by: 5D & 5DII – Lenses used

10-17 Fisheye
17-40L
24-105L
24L
50/1.4
70-200/2.8L IS

So there you have it, feel free to comment.

by Robb Duncan

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Tasha - What a fantastic location, and hooray for fun clients! I love when people come with ideas and creativity!

Mark - Talk about TRASH the dress!!

I love your B&W, so much depth and range of tones

Justin Hill - Wow Rob – such a cool, creative idea from your clients! Images are a rockin’ bro!

Tanya - You have really captured who we are in this shoot!! Thank you so much in helping create an awesome memory. The mud sequence is impressive :)

kylie - Holy cow that’s awesome work!

Robb Duncan - Thanks for your comments everyone, and thanks Tanya and Angus, for allowing me to capture a slice of what is to be you !!

Dan - Yet again, Dan is humbled. This is real solid stuff, and what great couple too!

Narelle Duncan - Nice work honey!! Congrats to Tanya and Angus, I hope your wedding is every bit as cool as this… :)

Shari - This was the pre-bridal?!? Oh man… I cannot wait to see the Post bridal now. I love how irreverent it is and how she’s got that whole hunter-gatherer thing going. Great fun! Oh and that BW of her in the foreground with a stick and he way in the back… Really strong image!

Ben - Amazing images and an amazing couple.

and Robb, you didnt explain how the hell you shot it square!!!!!

Kylie - You said you shot it square, I want to know how you did that too!

Kristi Wright - I’ve never seen anything quite like this session :) Very unique. I love your b&w’s and the bride towing the car is hilarious. Cute/fun couple!!

James Bitz - Love the “down and dirty” feel of this set!

Erin P - When you choose the right photographer for you, magic happens! Amazing tones in the BW images, and it is all so dirty and natural!

Timothy E Kaldas - Robb these images are gorgeous. I love the square format. Brings you back to medium format. Her getting soaked in mud by the jeep was an amazing capture. This looks like so much fun.

Cherie Betts - Love it! So untraditional

Phillip Allen - What utterly fantastic clients Tanya and Angus are. Clearly they’ve commissioned the right photographer Robb but I dare say these two could hire *themselves* out to photographers; they’re so clearly imbued with a spirit of adventure. I know I’d love to go out on a shoot with them!

Hail - I just want to say to the couple that you guys are awesome. That is the coolest idea I have seen for a while, and the best thing is it was your idea!

Of course I have to give some credit to the talented photographer for bringing the idea to life. To say that I am impressed is an understatement.

Julie J - What can I say that hasn’t already been said? Fanfrickintastic!!!

Peter A - How about Fantabulous?!

I love the tones on the BW images and you are rocking some solid composition.

To say I love your work Robb is an understatement.

Robb Duncan - I would just like to say thanks to all the wonderful people who have dropped by to leave a comment. Including all you awesome photographers and those Facebook fans as well!!

Amy French - Fantastic shots and I love the square format! They actually make me a little homesick but that’s ok :-)

I lived in Lilydale before I came to live in Ireland eight years ago and I was brought up in Kangaroo Ground.

Beautiful shots Robb and I’m glad I stopped by your blog!

Victor Saidov - Wow! These look stunning! You did amazing job and the photos got classy feel to them! Keep up the great work!

Petra - Amazingly cool photos of amazingly cool people by an amazingly cool photographer!!!!!

Thomas Lester - Really fun post. Especially since I used to do a lot of off roading. Great couple.

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